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First Massachusetts Law
Selectment checked to see if parents and masters were providing an education for their students. If an apprentice wasn't being taught, he would be given to a new master. -
Websters Blue-Backed Speller is published
Standardized spelling for young American students and was a staple of the American classroom for many, many years. -
Westward expansion and women teachers
Women as educators :As the population grows out west, new challenges arose with schooling children living so far apart. It was soon proposed that women become educators to fill the growing need for more teachers. They were cheap and many wanted the job. This expansion helped to give women a role they could fill outside of the home and moved women into the classroom while men moved out of it. -
Common Schools
Common School MovementProposed by Horace Mann, common schools were federally funded schooling available to all. In addition to literacy and arithmetic skills, democracy and philosophy would be taught as well. The increasing number of these school led to an increase in teachers and paved the way for women to take over the roles as educators. Our current federally fundes school systems are still based on this concept and without these first schools we wouldn't be where we are at today with our education system. -
Horace Mann becomes the Secretary of the New Board of Education
Horace MannFirst Secretary of Education was Horace Mann and he rode horse back town to town checking in on school houses and the curriculum they taught. He began the trend of standardization (blackboards, chairs with backs, textbooks) and fought tirelssly for the education of all students. His influence was great and can still be seen in today's classrooms. -
Roberts v. Boston
Court case looking to end segregation. Separate but equal schooling was upheld, but Massachusetts eventually banned segregation in 1855. -
The progressive education movement
A focus on the whole child, developed by John Dewey. Learn by doing, prepare for real world experience, excercise body and mind. -
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Over 30 million immigrants come to America
This influx of people and the variety of nationalities forever changed education -
Secondary School Movement
Secondary School MovementThe US led all nations in the creation of high schools across the country. It was expensive but led to an expansion of college education in the 1950's as well as made it possible for the country to put the GI bill into effect in 1944. The higher number of citizens with high school and college educations helped the economy boom. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
Brown vs. Board of Education The banning of segregation in schools was a monumental and life changing court decision in 1954. African Americans could now go to the same schools as white children and partake in the same activities. This decision helped to propel the civil rights movement forward and made equal education a major fighting point for the black community. -
The Civil Rights Movement
Focused on equal education for the black community. The civil rights movement was an important part of American society helping to create equality and end the discrimination that had run rampant for years. -
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Gave money to disadvataged students focusing on quality and equality in schools. Pushed all schools to desegregate (for not all had yet) by removing funding from those that hadn't. -
IDEA
A law requiring a free and appropriate education for all students with disabilities. Students were no longer isolated from their peers and were given more fufilling lives. -
A Nation at Risk Report
A Nation at Risk Pointed to academic underachievement in American schools and pushed for reform. Longer class days, a focus on the basics (English, Math, Science), and the standards movement was born from this report. Without this report we may not have the long class days and heavy testing that we do now. A lot of the current backlash against tests can be traced back to this report and the major impact it had on our education. -
School Choice Movement
Created a growth in charter schools and competition amongst schools for funding. Also gave parents and students a choice when it came to choosing their education -
No Child Left Behind
Supported standards-based education reform (testing, testing, and more testing) with the idea that setting high standards and goals could improve individual education outcomes.
